New car and truck sales in Colorado in January were up 10.1 percent compared to January 2012 while used vehicle sales were down, according to the January Colorado Auto Outlook Report released Wednesday by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.

In Colorado, 11,364 new vehicles were registered in January compared to 10,310 the previous January.

As for used vehicles — seven years old or newer — vehicle registrations in January 2012 were 10,608 and 9,874 in January 2013.

Tim Jackson, president of the CADA said that 2013 started off with positive news for the sale of new vehicles despite rising gas prices.

He said sales are projected to be robust for 2013 due to high demand. The sales are helped as more fuel-efficient vehicles come on line and are combined with low credit and healthy leasing options, said Jackson.

Jackson said the CADA also took a look back and found that for 2012 versus 2011, new vehicle sales were up almost 22 percent — 21.9 percent. He added that in the last three months from November 2012 through January 2013, sales of new vehicles increased 15.1 percent.

Jackson said that in January, the major brands with the largest percentage increases in sales were Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Honda and Volkswagen. Each was up in sales by more than 30 percent.

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